MacMost Now 851: Facebook Scams And Misinformation
Many of the posts you may see in your Facebook news feed are scams or pieces of misinformation. Learn to be skeptical when you read information passed on from others. Verify information before passing it on yourself. Often, posts are simply ploys to gain popularity on Facebook.
Comments: 11 Responses to “MacMost Now 851: Facebook Scams And Misinformation”
Raphael Foshay
11 years ago
Thanks, Gary. I appreciate your informative videos.
Raphael
Rita
11 years ago
Thanks Gary! All good information. I will think twice before doing any of these again. Love you videos. Always easy to understand and apply:-)
John M
11 years ago
Thanks! Fantastic information for a 'newbie' like myself.
Jodie Hickman
11 years ago
Thank you so much for your videos. I especially liked this one about Facebook. Can you tell me if we like or comment in groups if that goes on our newsfeed. I am in several sewing groups and like a lot of pictures people post of something they have made.
The newsfeed is what you see (posts by you and your friends, etc). I think you mean your "timeline" -- you can check that by clicking on your profile pic or name and see for yourself.
Richard
11 years ago
Gary - You are the only person on the whole interweb that I believe otherwise I believe nothing of what I see and absolutely nothing of what I hear!!
Jayson
11 years ago
If you like Gary Rosenzweig, reply to this post. ;)
Glenn
11 years ago
I was encouraged to get of Facebook because of these scams and me falling for them. I'm glad I did, so thanks for the video.
Ali Shadpour
11 years ago
Oh thanks for this one, how can I share this with my naive friends?
Maria
11 years ago
Hi Gary, i really appreciate all your videos. They are very helpful. I am subscribed to the podcast. One question, i liked the video on facebook so i could share with my friends butvit doesn't show in my timeline. Did i do something wrong?
Another question, is there a way to sync my bberry contacts to the iphone? I was assigned a blackberry at work and i hate it so i have my iphone too :)
Thx so much for your help, maria from Venezuela living in Mexico City!
Use the Share button, not the Like button (or both) if you want to share the video with your Facebook friends. Appreciated!
Not sure about syncing the Blackberry -- you'd have to see if there is an app from them that does this. I know a company called MarkSpace makes an app to do it, but not sure if there is a solution that comes with the device too.
Thanks, Gary. I appreciate your informative videos.
Raphael
Thanks Gary! All good information. I will think twice before doing any of these again. Love you videos. Always easy to understand and apply:-)
Thanks! Fantastic information for a 'newbie' like myself.
Thank you so much for your videos. I especially liked this one about Facebook. Can you tell me if we like or comment in groups if that goes on our newsfeed. I am in several sewing groups and like a lot of pictures people post of something they have made.
The newsfeed is what you see (posts by you and your friends, etc). I think you mean your "timeline" -- you can check that by clicking on your profile pic or name and see for yourself.
Gary - You are the only person on the whole interweb that I believe otherwise I believe nothing of what I see and absolutely nothing of what I hear!!
If you like Gary Rosenzweig, reply to this post. ;)
I was encouraged to get of Facebook because of these scams and me falling for them. I'm glad I did, so thanks for the video.
Oh thanks for this one, how can I share this with my naive friends?
Hi Gary, i really appreciate all your videos. They are very helpful. I am subscribed to the podcast. One question, i liked the video on facebook so i could share with my friends butvit doesn't show in my timeline. Did i do something wrong?
Another question, is there a way to sync my bberry contacts to the iphone? I was assigned a blackberry at work and i hate it so i have my iphone too :)
Thx so much for your help, maria from Venezuela living in Mexico City!
Use the Share button, not the Like button (or both) if you want to share the video with your Facebook friends. Appreciated!
Not sure about syncing the Blackberry -- you'd have to see if there is an app from them that does this. I know a company called MarkSpace makes an app to do it, but not sure if there is a solution that comes with the device too.